Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-05-26
EDITOR 0'BRIEN ATTACKED
I'M TORONTO ny a CROWD OF
ROUGHs.
A Newspaper MAN knocked Sennc-
lcss eY ssoanM ssit in the Head with
STONE, Efus soon Hccovors--
O,asrfen's skOule.
From Every RveninF Of Tnuraday.

A dispatch from Toronto last night saws .
II was the original intention OF Mr.. o'Brlen
10 leave Toronto for Ottawa tonight at i
o'clock, but he finally decided NOT 10 20
until tomorrow morning. Vague rumors
were In circulation all day TO the effect that
Mr.. O'Brien would be mobbed when he left
the town. A large crowd OF roughs col
lected In front OF the Rossin House at \
o'clock, and began hootlng, evidently lying
In walt for O'Brien when he should come
from the hotel, as was expected, to take the
train. OBrten paid no attention
70 them, and at $50 O'Clock left
thel hotel by the York street door TO
breath Of fresh air. He was accompanied
BY William Mulllgan and d. T. Cahill OF the
National League, and by the New York cor
respondents. The crowd groaned and
hissed with vohemenee and gathered
around oBrlen. The mob continually In
creased In numbers and the imprecations
and threats OF violence against 0'Brlen be-
came more and more savage. O'BrIen
turned into Kings street, which bounds tho
hossin House on the north, and walked
down block to Bay street. He
started down Bay street TO the
south. About halfway down the street tho
mob gurged around him and pressed him to
the side OF brick building adjoining tho
sidewalk. He cried, excitedly, ''Boys, this
Is not fair" Three policemen, who had
boen following him from a distance, then
pushed through the crowd, and managed
to oxtrtcate him. He went down the street,
with the policemen In his rear, the mob still
increasing In numbers and violence,
Az tho corner OF Wellington street, which
forms the south side Of the square around
which O'Brien was walking, % light attracted
thenttentlon OF tho police and thcy ran of,
leaving q Brien unprotected. Instantly mis-
ALI .I.1aas H A.
struck President Mulligan In the back,
and stones began TO strike the houses
before which 0'Brien was walking,
ono OF which knocked of his hat.
He picked the hat up, and held II 80 rs to
protect his head as much as possible. Thon
he Increased his pace up Wellington street,
and o perfect hail OF stones, rotten eggs,
sticks, and all sorts Of missiles followed. j.
u. Wall tho Associated Press reporter, was
struck In the head with n stone and knocked
down senseless. He recovered ina moment,
and crawled into little alley called john
sons lane. o'Brten turned TO the mob and
cried:
"You dogs, don't you sec we are unarmed
men7'
His cry was answered by shower OF
stones and brickbats. Then he started to
run. The street was unlighted, and OBrlen
is 30 near sighted as to be almost blind In
the dark. He tried 70 got into sharp's
lewelry shop, but the door was locked.
Stones emashed the shop windows while he
was trying the door. Then he ran into
Thomas Lalor's bicycle shop, which Ia next
door 70 the laundry. President Mulligan
was with him. Tney ran through the shop
ovorturning the bicycles, and trampling
upon them. The mob did not follow
them Immediately, but remained outside
the store, smashing the windows, and utter,
Ing the most horrible cries. They yelled
ITO hell with the popep "Burn 0'Brlenl'
"Hang him r. "Kill the traitor |" Down
with the dynamiters" " and the like.
ID. r. Oahill, secretary of the National
League, followed O'Brien and Mulligan
into the bicycle shop. His head was badly
cut In two places by the stones. Charles
Cushman, clerk In the office Of the Grown
the store, seized 0,Brien's hand and rushed
with him out OF the baek OF the shop into a
courtyard. Thence by a crevice between
two buildings the party crawled into u yard
In the rear of the Rossln House, and In a
few minutes mir. O'Brlen was safely IN his
room mt the hotel. Not q stone had hit him
and he was absolutely unframed. He said
"a number OF land leaguers followed me fol
o short distance from tho hotel and offered
TO cry down the hostile mob by shouting
Three cheers for O'Brlen.' said to them
when matters looked dangerous, Boys,
think you had better leave.' They did so
aud then three or four policemen followed
NJ. We were hooted, then rotten eggs wert
thrown Mt us, then stones. stomtiiet
several times, and II had been standlnt
nprlght / would have been hit. My ha
was knocked OIL but you sec II Is still good
H. Is a charmed hat. The policemen whrt
among the crowd away from us and did
not return. They have Just hanied u7 over
to the mob. II We had not gone into tue
bicycle shop L think we would have been
done for. This Is not the first time have
escaped 30 we'll. am deeply grieved lol
the sake OF my friends"
In the bicycle store at the time OF tho riot
were several women, ono OF them very
old woman, When the stones came through
the window the women tainted. The nor
rushed Into the store, but the sight OF the
women stopped them. The proprietor oi
tho shop was well known to them, and he
Induced them not TO search the shop fol
D,Brien. Some OF the more furious rut'
flans, however, smashed two or three o.
his bicycles with heavy hammers which
thew found in tho shop. The damage Il
the shop and contents is about $500
More police arrived outside the shop BY
this time, but they made no effort Il
disparse tho mob, and seemed tt
frhtorniHe with them. Nevertheless one
their number, Sergeant Adair, was hit OIL
from Wellington street on their own motion
INIT gathered In different parts OF the city
shontlng and singing all night. They mum
bared altogether about ], 200 persons. The!
wore OF the same class that hooted at TIN
meeting yesterday. Wall, the Associates
Press reporter, was helped Into drug stor
and hnd his head bandnged. He turned VI
at the Rossin House In good order.
ToRosro, ONr., May I9.-The Globe re
ferring 10 Yesterdays disturbance says
The rufflanB OF yesterday doubtless etIecte
what all the eloquonce and courage Q
UBrien vainly attempted. They hav
thrown over to him n volume OF public sym
pathy which he could not have other
titled with the cause of free speee
In Canada, of freedom to wal
the streets and of freedom TO Indicate nj
opinion and these common rights must y
ylndicated at any necessary trouble or oosl
1t ls Impossible for this or any other CANA
dian city to submit TO tho insuferable I'm
putation that mob OF blackguards ca
iils upon and drive out any man VINO mas
legal right to walk the streets.
The Mail says: 1.-THE mObbing OF O'Brie
and his friends on the street last night wa
n bnrbarous nud dlsgraeoful act, anu IN
nolIoe who hnye behaved so well under tr}
ING circumstances should leave nothip
nndone to bring the blaokguards concerne
In tho outrage to Justice"
o'BRIEN sERs IT Will. HURT LANsDoWNE'
OutoAao. May ia Nesos' special froi
Toronto says: Long after the teiesIap
oiflces had closed for the night last nlgh
tnd lust as MIR. o'Brien was ABOUT W 13.a. r9tl.
10 rest. he was waited upon by SIX memDei
Of the dominion parliament, who expresse
their deep sense OF sorrow and shame
Z the occurrence and OF sympathy with MI
SrIlrisn. Mr.. O'Brien received them cour
eously and then with cheerful laugh salu
81 am not at all sorry now that IL Is owe
or course 1 suffered little, but ina.
nothing when we take into account ine ~
that Il will injure Landlord Lansdowne
case more"
AGAIN ATTACKED.
dtspatch from Kingston, Ont, FTldu
night. says: OBrien was atthcReu ny
meh bere Tonight as he was leaving Il
rint where he had delivered an addres
Durine the progress OF the meeting thel
wns mn nnexpeGted and ominous CAIN, ~
when Kilbride was speaking, at v.5O, u
the llrst noise was heard outside the ma
where several hundred men and boys ~
collected. They were shouting doa sa,
the Queen" and groaning Iol DEE ~
EVERY cheer which went up inside the na
Was 9nawered by loud roar and an angl
reapopse from without. AZ lenBth u
meeting was brought to an end 6y lew
marks from Chairman j. j. behan, VI
fold fire audience to go home peaceapl
Then the people started to 80 out. ,
MT. O'BrieIi left the hall surrounded
his friends, AS he stepped on the sire
the mob began to boot at and curse n, NJ
and throw stones. Maurice Hogan a.
Thomas sullivan, members OF the Lai a
League, had o'Brien between theni: ~ ~
OF the stones struck obriens r., nA'i MO i,
Hogan exchanged hats with him. Ms
hebind 1l'3rien were Wall, the Associat,
Press reporter, conspicuous with q wnl
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